(ROCKWALL, TX — November 7, 2017) When Herman Billnitzer joined the Navy as a Pharmacist Mate during the Pacific War in 1942, little did he know he’d wind up spending the majority of his service as a Corpsman of the 1st Marines Division, dodging bullets and tending the wounded on the front lines. “As I […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – November 2, 2017) Now that Jesse Vaughn has a new kidney, he has another need. “Help me thank God for Carl Alsabrook,” Vaughn said, referring to the man—city manager of Royse City and former Rockwall police officer—who donated a kidney for his Oct. 6 transplant surgery. “He’s an incredible human being,” said […]
(ROCKWALL, TX—October 26, 2017) Local Rockwall High School senior Regan Watson and her mom Nicole are making noise for turquoise during October, National Dysautonomia Awareness Month. On Tuesday, Oct. 24, they hosted a fundraiser at Joe Willy’s in Rockwall for Dysautonomia International, an organization dedicated to raising awareness about POTS and other similar conditions. After […]
(GARLAND, TX — October 11, 2017) Garland ISD Trustees named Dr. Ricardo (Rick) López as the lone finalist for the district’s superintendent vacancy at its Oct. 10 work session. Dr. López is the current superintendent for Mission Consolidated ISD in Mission, Texas. He is expected to assume the duties of Garland ISD superintendent sometime after […]
(ROYSE CITY, TX — October 3, 2017) A prospective kidney donor and recipient call it faith—not fate—that brought them together in a hallway at City Hall in Royse City early one morning in April. That’s the best explanation that Carl Alsabrook and Jesse Vaughn have for their face-to-face meeting in a hallway after an early-morning […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — September 27, 2017) “Dedicated to the best interests of Rockwall.” It was the slogan emblazoned beneath the masthead of one of Rockwall’s most treasured newspaper publications, and it was the motto by which Jane Gorden Bounds lived her life. The Rockwall Texas Success newspaper was first established at 114 N. San Jacinto […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — September 27, 2017) Dewayne and Ann Cain, lifelong residents of Rockwall, will serve as Grand Marshals of the RHS Homecoming Parade on Oct. 5 at 6 p.m. Dewayne, RHS Class of 1966, played on the Yellowjackets football team, and Ann, RHS Class of 1970, was a RHS cheerleader. The Cains are highly […]
Blue Ribbon News Editor / Senior Reporter Austin Wells caught up with Dr. John “JJ” Villarreal to hear his thoughts on his highly-successful first 14 months as Superintendent for the Rockwall Independent School District, and what more he hopes to accomplish for the district’s youth in the upcoming 2017-2018 school year. What are some of […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — August 7, 2017) Rockwall Breakfast Rotary was honored to have C. B. Purdue as their guest speaker August 1. C. B. was Chief Master Sergeant, USAF and bombardier on board the B-17 bomber during World War II and made twenty-five bombing runs. He told how his 25th bombing run over Nazi Germany […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — August 2, 2017) Barbara Coleson, age 79, of Rockwall, TX, passed away July 31, 2017. She was born December 28, 1937, in Marshall County, IL, to Charles Warren Mathewson and Harriet Marie Dalrymple. Barbara was a member of the Red Hat Society and the Lunch Bunch Club. She enjoyed volunteering her time […]